Chapter 1271: My Duty.

But before he could finish what he was planning to say, the guardian said in a deep, solemn voice, "You don’t have a choice."

"You either fulfill your purpose as breeding stock or be dispatched immediately. The Gemini race doesn’t raise useless livestock," the guardian said, swishing the black spear slightly.

He knew clearly that his son shouldn’t be dead yet. He had become a Dao Lord four times now, and in the previous three timelines, his son was alive and well until he reversed time.

So now that he was being forced to have another child, either the guardian had lied to him about how he could only have one Gemini offspring at a time, or they had intentionally killed his son after he advanced.

Neither possibility was good, as it meant something like this could happen again. Instinctively, he wanted to resist or protest. But he saw the black spear move slightly.

The sight of the swaying black sphere reminded me of what had happened in the previous timeline. He remembered the encounter with the guardian and that attack that had been too fast to think.

Then he remembered that even if he escaped from the guardian this time, this would happen again. So he sighed in defeat.

As he sighed, he said, "Alright. It is my duty, so I’ll do it."

"Good choice," the guardian said, his tone full of sarcasm. "Now, stretch out your hand."

Loki did as he was told. He extended his arm and let the guardian place the black egg in his palm.

Throughout the process, the guardian watched him warily, trying to make sure he wouldn’t destroy the egg. They watched both his physical and mental cues, reading his mind to make sure he wasn’t thinking about destroying the egg, and watching his movements to make sure he couldn’t hide his thoughts for a surprise attack.

Even his Supreme Metacs were under surveillance. The guardian watched them for the faintest sign of activation and mobilization, as if expecting him to attack at any moment.

As someone who had done something like this in many Domains, like the Sea of Worlds, the guardian knew the second birthing usually marked when the identity of being livestock settled on the breeding stocks. Ma

They had seen many Dao Lords fail to accept their fate and choose the mutually destructive route of destroying the egg. So the guardian was very wary of Loki at this point.

But the guardian wasn’t being paranoid about expecting an attack from Loki. In fact, Loki wanted to attack and destroy the egg right now.

Right now, in the spark of power, he was thinking, ’Should I destroy it? Should I destroy it? Should I destroy it?’

He kept asking himself again and again. Be it the fact that his son would be raised to kill him, or the fact that his son would copy his Supreme Metacs when he was born, or the fact that his son would take 5 units of divinity from him during the birthing, or that the entire process was painful, he had too many reasons he didn’t want to do this.

There were just too many things to lose by having a child and nothing to gain. On the other hand, if he devoured the egg, he might grow stronger or get a new ability. So destroying the egg was the only way to benefit.

Unfortunately, destroying the egg would also come with a heavy price. In fact, he might not be able to destroy the egg before he was killed, which was why he didn’t make his move.

Like a lamb to the slaughter, he watched as the black egg grew a root the moment his hand touched it. The black root immediately pierced his arm, ignoring his defenses, and raced up his arm through the wound.

’All things aside, this egg has to be something special,’ he thought, intrigued.

’Aside from its ability to produce offspring, this power to break my body is impressive. Yes, my body is weak. But Martial Body’s body is tough, yet the egg was still able to overcome his defenses.’

’I’m sure of it. This egg has to be something special,’ he thought greedily.

Slowly and surely, greed crept into his mind and began shaping his thoughts.

’Let’s see how tough it is anyway,’ he thought as he pressed his arm onto the egg.

He wanted to know how easy it would be to destroy the egg. But just as his arm pushed forward, a black spear appeared at the ridge of his sternum.

"Don’t do anything you’ll regret," the guardian warned.

In response, he chuckled harmlessly and said, "I just wanted to study its properties. I have no intention of damaging it. I promise."

His thoughts aligned with what he said, but the guardian still didn’t relax their vigilance. They kept the black sphere leveled at his chest, ready to strike him at any moment.

’When I reach ten stars and can’t grow any stronger, I should make a move against this guy,’ he promised himself.

For now, he didn’t dare sweep the guardian with his Divine Spirit to see what was going on inside his body. Mostly because he was sure he was too weak to see anything.

Even with the free divinity from the spark of power, he didn’t think he could penetrate the guardian’s spiritual defenses. He also didn’t want to expose the free divinity by using an unusually powerful Divine Spirit, so he kept his curiosity in check.

However, he could only keep that restraint for so long. Eventually, he would explode, and the time for vengeance would come.

He thought about what he would do when he became a ten-star celestial as the black root went up his arm into his shoulder and down into the space within his chest where his Supreme Metacs were.

After gaining access to his internal space, the black root split into ten smaller black roots. Each smaller black root picked a godhead and approached it.